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Project
2061 Middle and High School Science Textbooks A Standards-Based Evaluation |
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- Taking
Account of Student Ideas
- Attending to prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Alerting teacher to commonly held student ideas
- Assisting teacher in identifying own students' ideas
- Addressing commonly held ideas
Does the material alert teachers to commonly held student ideas (both troublesome and helpful) such as those described in Benchmarks Chapter 15: The Research Base?
Indicators of meeting the criterion
- The material accurately presents specific commonly held ideas that are relevant to the key ideas and have appeared in scholarly publications (rather than just stating that students have difficulties with particular ideas or topics).
- The material clarifies/explains commonly held ideas (rather than just listing them).
Rating Scheme
Excellent: The material meets indicators 1 and 2 for a considerable proportion
of commonly held ideas that have appeared in scholarly publications. [3]
Satisfactory: The material meets indicators
1 and 2 for some commonly held ideas that have appeared
in scholarly publications.
Poor: The material meets indicator 1 at best.